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A Spanish-language version of Last of the Duanes , El último de los Vargas , also was produced by Fox in 1930. That version was directed by David Howard and starred Jorge Lewis and Luana Alcañiz. The Zane Grey story was first filmed by Fox in 1919 as The Last of the Duanes , directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring William Farnum. A 1924 film with the same title was directed by Lynn Reynolds and starred Tom Mix and Marian Nixon. Twentieth Century-Fox remade the story again in 1941 as Last of the Duanes . That version was directed by James Tinling and starred George Montgomery and Lynne Roberts (see entries above and ...
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A Spanish-language version of Last of the Duanes , El último de los Vargas , also was produced by Fox in 1930. That version was directed by David Howard and starred Jorge Lewis and Luana Alcañiz. The Zane Grey story was first filmed by Fox in 1919 as The Last of the Duanes , directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring William Farnum. A 1924 film with the same title was directed by Lynn Reynolds and starred Tom Mix and Marian Nixon. Twentieth Century-Fox remade the story again in 1941 as Last of the Duanes . That version was directed by James Tinling and starred George Montgomery and Lynne Roberts (see entries above and below).
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When Buck Duane returns home to his family’s ranch, he learns that his father has been shot in the back and killed. Worried that she might also lose her son, Buck’s mother makes him promise not to avenge his father’s death. Sometime later, Morgan, the henchman who killed Buck’s father, insults the man's memory, after which Buck returns home, takes his pistol out and goes after Morgan. Buck allows Morgan the chance to arm himself, but Buck is the faster shooter and kills Morgan. Buck must then escape a posse headed by the local sheriff. After eluding the posse, Buck meets Luke Stevens, a man wanted for stealing horses. Later, Stevens is badly wounded by one of the sheriff’s men. Before he dies, Stevens tells Buck that an unscrupulous rancher named Bland has kidnapped Ruth Garrett, a young woman Buck admires, after killing her father. Stevens also reveals the name of a friend, Euchre, who works for Bland but will help rescue Ruth. After arriving at Bland’s ranch, Buck finds Euchre, and together they are able to free Ruth. Finally, Buck redeems himself in the sheriff’s eyes after capturing Bland and bringing him to ...
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When Buck Duane returns home to his family’s ranch, he learns that his father has been shot in the back and killed. Worried that she might also lose her son, Buck’s mother makes him promise not to avenge his father’s death. Sometime later, Morgan, the henchman who killed Buck’s father, insults the man's memory, after which Buck returns home, takes his pistol out and goes after Morgan. Buck allows Morgan the chance to arm himself, but Buck is the faster shooter and kills Morgan. Buck must then escape a posse headed by the local sheriff. After eluding the posse, Buck meets Luke Stevens, a man wanted for stealing horses. Later, Stevens is badly wounded by one of the sheriff’s men. Before he dies, Stevens tells Buck that an unscrupulous rancher named Bland has kidnapped Ruth Garrett, a young woman Buck admires, after killing her father. Stevens also reveals the name of a friend, Euchre, who works for Bland but will help rescue Ruth. After arriving at Bland’s ranch, Buck finds Euchre, and together they are able to free Ruth. Finally, Buck redeems himself in the sheriff’s eyes after capturing Bland and bringing him to justice.
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Seventy-year-old newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies in his palatial Florida home, Xanadu, after uttering the single word “Rosebud.” While watching a newsreel summarizing the years during which Kane ... >>

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